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Missed opportunities led to a tough night for the Mid-Prairie boys? soccer team on Monday. The Golden Hawks faced one-loss, No. 11 ranked Danville at home, but couldn?t use the home-field advantage to their liking, dropping the match 3-1. ?I hate Monday games,? Mid-Prairie head coach Pat Cady said. ?Danville played like they wanted it more than we did. We have to be able to make the adjustments on the fly, and ...

A strong night against conference competition couldn?t have come at a better time for the Washington track teams. On Monday, both the Demon boys? and girls? track teams were in action at Fairfield, and came away with strong finishes that have them hoping for big things at Thursday?s conference meet in Keokuk. On the girls? side of the meet, Washington scored 136 points to finish in third, behind Mt. Pleasant ...

West Liberty?s girls? soccer team was nearly late showing up to their game on Monday at the Mid-Prairie soccer complex, but decided to make their time worthwhile. The Comets? bus arrived right at the original scheduled start time of 4:30, forcing the game to start 30 minutes late, but they ended up knocking off the Hawks 2-1 in overtime. The Hawks struck first in the contest, with Ireland Hostetler?s late ...

Thursday could be an important day to look back on for the Washington boys? golf team at the end of the year. Washington went to the Amana Colonies for a meet hosted by Clear Creek-Amana, and came away with a meet victory, posting a team score of 164, to defeat CCA by 13 strokes. If Washington advances out of its sectional golf meet on May 13, they will be playing at the Amana Colonies golf course in its ...

Thursday provided some impressive placings for the area track and field teams.Many area squads traveled down to Wayland for the Eckstrand Relays hosted by WACO, and came away with strong placings.In the boys? events, Mid-Prairie led all area teams with a fourth-place finish, with Washington taking fifth, Highland eighth, WACO finishing 11th and Iowa Mennonite placing 13th.On the girls? side of the meet, ...

After jumping up nine spots in the latest polls, the Columbus boys? soccer team didn?t disappoint on Tuesday night.The Wildcats found themselves ranked No. 6 in the latest Class 1A polls, and with a convincing 3-0 victory over Holy Trinity (who is also receiving votes in the poll), the Wildcats look as if they are on a roll.?We are just having fun out here,? Columbus junior Ruben Paz said. ?There?s no better ...

It was a career night for Mt. Pleasant?s Lauren Ralls and Shyla Hiler on Monday evening, when the Panther girls? soccer team faced off with Washington at East Lake Park. Ralls netted six goals in the game, which is believed to be a school record, and Hiler added four in a 10-0 win. The Demons had their best opportunity to score with 10 minutes left in the half. Jessie Buchholz shot past the Panther defenders ...

It was a tough day for the Washington girls? golf team on Monday, as they took third at their home meet with Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield. The Demons shot a 195 on the day, finishing behind the Panthers (191) and Trojans (188), dropping their first meet of the season. ?That?s about four or five strokes higher (per golfer) than normal,? Washington girls? golf coach Leonard Kull said. ?I don?t think we?ve experienc...